tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69470598504168279372024-03-14T02:22:52.267-07:00 Ann's Malvern JotterNotes from a ‘real’ gardener and writer with a passion for Malvern, gardening, food, countryside and the changing seasons. In collaboration with the Malvern Spring Gardening Show, the Royal Three Counties Show and Malvern Autumn Show. Three Counties Showgroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10408870954042770318noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947059850416827937.post-42134655793613941232014-09-15T02:56:00.000-07:002014-09-15T02:56:59.582-07:00Shopping Extravaganza<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The Three Counties Showground</b> offers the perfect opportunity to shop till you drop in one location - and a beautiful one at that. Where else can you experience the equivalent of a major shopping complex out in the open air than here in a dedicated venue, with such a variety of goods to choose from. Particularly plants of course. For after all, the Malvern Autumn Show is dedicated to the harvest; and that surely relates to sowing and growing. My list of things I want to look out for grows by the minute, the nearer the weekend of September 27th and 28th looms. Maybe it's the same for you, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the Showground divided in roughly seven themes, you can rest assured that there will be something to suit the tastes of every visitor. (And that of course includes you!) To run through them again - you will find a celebration of food, gardening, harvest and nostalgia, each with their own shopping areas; and SHOPPING itself. The 'live' shows also all have their ancillary stands and sales pitches, as do the refreshment areas, plus the undercover halls. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wherever there's space for a stall, you're sure to discover something that takes your fancy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The thing to do is to come to the Show with an open mind - setting your heart on exactly what you want to find might lead to disappointment. I was surprised last year by just how much I could discover related to my second love (mixed-media art), and in unusual places - antique fabrics (in the nostalgia section), handspun yarns, knitted jackets, retro-kitchen furniture, and crafts of so many genres. Not in just one location, but throughout the Showground. Snap up what you see when you see it - I was disappointed that the beautiful hand-knitted cardigan I fell in love with had been sold by the time I went back to where I remembered seeing it. Maddening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And before I forget, there's a special offer for those of you who might like to bring your caravan or motorhome and wish to visit the Autumn Show, the Three Counties Caravan Show the following weekend - AND stay on site for the days in-between, during which time you can enjoy exploring the local area. <a href="http://www.threecounties.co.uk/malvernautumn/options.php?id=82" target="_blank">Camping for ten nights!</a> </span> Or call 01684 584924.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This <b>final preview for the 2014 Malvern Autumn Show</b> has been my 'swan-song'; it is time for me to move on to pastures new. I leave you with a reprieve of the 2013 harvest celebrations (my 2013 collage, above), and thank you for following all my posts for various Malvern shows over the last two years. If you enjoy reading my show-related stories, why not follow one of my personal blogs - maybe <a href="http://asmwriter.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">"Grandma's Eco Gardening Notes"</a> - which will lead you to other garden-related pages, and my blogs on travel and creative mixed-media art (amongst others). It's been good to have you with me since January 2013; maybe our online paths will cross again sometime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Actually, I will still be visiting the Showground and writing my show-stories, but not in preview, and not during the actual Shows. Instead they will appear as time-capsules in the spaces in between. I cannot imagine ever forsaking the Hills. I could not; for they have in fact been a major part of my existence for the last fifteen years or more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The lovely thing for me, as a journalist creating Ann's Malvern Jotter, is that snippets of information trickle in a topic at a time, and I have the pleasure of sifting and sorting them into a post that I hope you, the reader, will enjoy. A buzz of excitement every time I sit at the computer, open up the emails and image files that have been collecting in my in-tray, and scrapbook-like reassemble them for your delight. Quite often the theme I had planned takes on a whole new meaning, and I re-jig my focus. Such has been the case this week, as information filtered through on "the good life". You could in fact spend the whole of both days in <b>'The Good Life Pavilion'</b>, listening to celebrity talks and discussions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Good Life Pavilion is situated at the top of Row 7 (top means facing the Hills), and close to the West Gate. It is also the location for </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">three fascinating show gardens, each different in concept.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Absorb their nuances, subtlety of planting, and the meaning behind each given title. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How, I thought, would designers <b>Caspian Robertson & Daniela Krasnanova</b> interpret their theme of 'Scattered Roses...'? Caspian explains: <i>"The garden is a celebration to the life and <b>music of Sir John Tavener</b>, whose final work was 'Scatter Roses Over My Tears'." </i> It also takes inspiration from the wonderful variety and colour of the <b>new 2015 David Austin Rose catalogue</b>. <i>"In the centre of the garden sits a water feature, a representation of the creative energy from which a spiral path flows, a symbol of movement, growth and change. As well as roses, herbs will strongly feature amongst the planting to contribute to the fragrant notes of the garden's aroma."</i> But there's more to this garden than that ... I was intrigued and delved deep. Music. I do not usually link to outside websites in the Jotter, but am doing so now, for I hope you will agree that what I discovered gives a far deeper meaning to the garden. So poignant, and music therapy at its best. <a href="http://www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Violinist-Paul-Robertson-Music-Saved-My-Life" target="_blank">Please take a look</a>, but remember to come back for the rest of 'The Good Life'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And now the Autumn Show Gardens link with celebrity speakers and talks; and within the Pavilion, so you hardly need to move! <b>Caroline Tatham</b> is Course Director and Principal of the <b>Cotswold Gardening School</b>, is a qualified and experienced lecturer and also runs a busy garden design practice. (You may have seen her at the RHS Malvern Spring Show.) Of her <b>Autumn Show garden, 'Brave New World of Beauty’</b>, she says:<i> “I am absolutely thrilled and delighted to have been invited to design and create a feature Garden, and also to speak about garden design and floristry. I am hoping to inspire and inform with a garden that evokes the three seasons of Spring, Winter and Autumn, using layers of contrasting planting. I want to convey the idea that the Autumn season represents a beginning and not an end in the garden - as a time to plant and plan for the coming growing season. Also I want to challenge the idea of putting the garden to bed and cutting down all perennials and eradicating weeds - but rather embrace wild flowers and leave perennials standing over the winter to be enjoyed for their frosty beauty and architectural seed heads.” </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Caroline will be appearing ‘on stage’ in the Good Life Theatre throughout the weekend: on Saturday (am) a Q&A session on her Show garden with <b>Joe Swift</b>; then (pm) a threesome floral masterclass; <b>Caroline, Joe, and Mark Diacono</b>. She will be repeating the Q&A session on Sunday (pm) and also offering solo a Floral Masterclass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Mark Diacono</b> will no doubt be well-membered from previous shows as a young, ebullient and knowledgeable presenter; and he will need all his stamina over the two days to survive a punishing schedule! For the uninitiated, <a href="http://www.otterfarm.co.uk/" target="_blank">Mark’s website</a> states, <i>“I’m lucky enough to spend most of my time eating, growing, writing and talking about food. At my smallholding, Otter Farm, I grow unusual and forgotten food along with the best of the familiar.” </i>His book, <b>‘Taste of the Unexpected’</b> won the Guild of Food Writers’ Food Book of the Year 2011 and is an absolute eye-opener. Just don’t miss at least one of his six appearances at the Show - check your Show Guide on arrival.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One specific to mention is ‘Good Life and Fine Edibles' - Mark Diacono and Chris Smith from Pennard Plants (Saturday), repeated on Sunday, additionally with ‘Exclusive Malvern Autumn Cocktails’ courtesy of Mark Diacono and Bottlegreen - a bit early in the morning maybe, but nobody has said anything about the cocktails being alcoholic! But who knows? <b>‘Fine Edibles’ and Chris Smith</b> of <b>Pennard Plants</b> actually brings us to the third Autumn Show Garden in the Good Life Pavilion. The <b>‘Pennard Plants Garden'</b> portrays <i>“A meadow garden filled with an abundance of fruit trees, which includes a productive vegetable patch and a beautiful flower garden.”</i> Their own story is fascinating; that aside, I am always drawn to their Malvern stands for their packets of Heritage and Heirloom Vegetable Seeds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As Shakespeare wrote, "the play's the thing ...." - for which read 'the Show's the thing'- and in two week's time we can all be enjoying the harvest atmosphere, the hills, and the seven show ground 'regions': Harvest, Food, Gardening, Shop, Nostalgia, Discovery, and Live Shows. Bring your children or grandchildren and introduce them to the excitement of harvest and everything that such activities conjure in your mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. If you have never experienced a cookery demonstration organised and presented by the <b>Wot’s Cooking </b>team, then you have missed a truly memorable experience. For a start, husband and wife team <b>Katie & Glyn Johnson </b>have their own fully-equipped mobile demo kitchen: all mod cons and purpose-built to allow everyone in the audience to see and experience what is happening live, on stage. Whilst Katie ‘presents’, Glyn is behind the scenes taking care of the ‘technicals’. Last Autumn, I was so captivated, I could have spent the entire Show watching and thinking food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This year sees an even more eclectic programme - with the Wot’s Cooking theatre at the heart of the <b>‘Taste It’ section of the Show. </b>Featuring a range of knowledgeable practising chefs (some appearing at Malvern for the first time), who could fail to be inspired by the delectable selection of specialties they will be showcasing? <i>You will need to check your Show Guide for exact times.</i> Bookmark any of the following …</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Appearing twice on Saturday (27th) is <b>Rob Swift </b>of <b>Swift’s Bakery</b> from Clee Hill, whose family have been baking artisanal and speciality breads since 1863. Rob is fifth generation and passionate about the bread-making process and their wide range of finished products: white, wholemeal and brown, French, international, speciality, and a particularly tasty-sounding ‘healthy eating’ range. Rob’s demos are always fun, and afterwards you can visit their stall to stock up on whatever takes your fancy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also twice on Saturday’s bill of fare is <b>Liz Knight</b> of <b>Forage Fine Foods</b>. She uses ingredients plucked from her garden and local Herefordshire hedgerows. What a pleasure to discover that you don’t necessarily require expensive ingredients to create a feast when what you need is right there on your doorstep. Liz makes flavours and special seasonal treats, loving the taste of wild ingredients and the thrill of discovering new combinations of flavours - her products are a celebration of the best of the wild, adding a new, wildly irresistible dimension to home cooking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Whilst compiling this preview, I learned from Katie Johnson that <b>Chris von Landkammer </b>- head chef at <b>The Elms in Worcester</b>, is the most widely travelled chef that she has ever engaged to work with. Not in terms of Malvern to Worcester (a mere hop) but from as far afield as New Zealand. If the hotel website is anything to go by, you’ll be in for a treat, for he infuses many of their delectable dishes with touches of Asian cuisine garnered from his experience in the Far East. Using the freshest of ingredients, and fruit, herbs and vegetables from The Elms’ extensive kitchen garden, he conjures up a daily smorgasbord of fabulous meals. What will he offer us in the Wot’s Cooking kitchen?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the vegetarians amongst you, <b>Lizzy Hughes</b> of <b>Our Lizzy Cooking</b> - a Malvern-based vegetarian cookery school - will be there to entertain you on both Saturday AND Sunday. She enjoys using a wide range of locally grown seasonal produce and loves exploring new ingredients whilst developing new recipes. She says, “Autumn is my favourite time of year. I especially love trying out different pumpkins and squash as they work so well in vegetarian dishes.” At the show she’ll be demonstrating a three course Autumnal feast will a warming Roasted Pumpkin and Chilli Soup, Squash and Spelt Risotto, Hubbard Squash and Fava Bean Casserole. (Lizzy also loves using fruit and will show the traditional Malvern Pudding using apples from her own tree.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Tom Court</b> of <b>Sticky Fig Catering</b> will be appearing twice on Sunday (28th). Established in 2013, their services have grown to include event catering, from intimate dinners to large celebrations, to weddings and parties in the privacy of home. Their aim is to provide the best quality food and service at all events, creating memorable experiences for guests. Sticky Fig is committed to sourcing the best local and sustainable produce from local suppliers whist being mindful of budget. There are bound to be plenty of useful tips from this midlands-based chef who is used to cooking <i>for</i> clients or <i>with them</i> in their home kitchen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Andy Link</b> - the award winning head chef, gardener and bee keeper at <b>The Riverside Inn</b>, Amestery (a rural Herefordshire restaurant) - aims to create a true hub for local seasonal produce, showcasing the best the area has to offer. As part of this the chefs have developed over an acre of land to create traditional and experimental vegetable, fruit and herb gardens - which even include their own bee hive. These working kitchen gardens are an essential part of their facilities, offering chefs the opportunity to experiment with different ingredients and plant types, whilst introducing new flavours alongside a great level of freshness, The result? Some dishes travel only metres, not miles. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Andy says that during the Malvern Autumn Show, he will be “discussing the sustainable way in which the restaurant uses this seed-to-plate approach to create a few seasonal, home grown plates of food using only ingredients from the restaurant grounds."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Watching food demos is hungry work, or at least one craves food afterwards, or at any time of the day. There are <b>plenty of refreshments</b> on offer around the Showground, clearly marked on the map that accompanies your Showguide. As these are all conveniently located, there’s no excuse for not stopping for a bite and a cuppa – indeed, your visit may well benefit from so doing when you arrive, allowing you time to glance through the Show Guide and formulate a plan of what you most want to do; <b>Cookery Theatre timetable</b> included. Familiarisation can save time and possible frustration, allowing you to pack far more into your day out.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just to remind you: </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Show opening times on both days are 9.00am to 6.00pm and there’s a free shuttle bus from Great Malvern rail station. There's also no charge for standard car parking. </span><a href="https://ticketing.threecounties.co.uk/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Book your Show tickets online</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, or phone the ticket hotline (01684 584924). More next week - so do bookmark this page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It’s all too easy to regard the <b>Malvern Autumn Show</b> as being devoted solely to gardening and harvest. But it isn’t. Although those aspects are certainly the main focus, there is so much else going on - in fact if you visit for only one day, you will be hard pressed to cram in all that is on offer. You will need to be selective.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There’s always a hum of activity in the <b>‘Experience - Live Shows’</b> area of the Showground, with a number of small parade rings where you will be able to enjoy all manner of activities. Maybe not the same as pictured here (these images were taken at the 2013 Show) but comparable with the fun I have observed and enjoyed at past Shows. Can you imagine a flock of sheep in coats of many colours jumping over hurdles? Dogs and horses, yes, but sheep? (Or it could have been runner ducks whose upright stance is both comical and endearing.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dogs, supposedly man’s best friend (when well-trained), will be much in evidence. It is fascinating to watch intelligent breeds traditionally used by farmers to herd sheep - enjoy their antics as they are put through their paces. Indeed there is all-day entertainment in the <b>Activity Arena</b> featuring dog agility, and gundog displays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Indeed, if you and your children / grandchildren love animals, don’t miss the daily animal parades in the <b>Teme Arena</b> and the fur and feathers of the <b>Poultry and Rabbit Marquees</b>! This year the Poultry Show has been upgraded to a Championship Show by the Poultry Club of Great Britain. There are usually horses as well - and there are always knowledgeable owners and trainers on hand to answer questions and point you in the right direction to discover more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Horses need horseshoes and making them is an age-old craft which is much the same today as it was centuries ago when the horse was a beast of burden, in peace-time or in war. Farriery is just as much in evidence today (maybe at this year’s show), but smiths also work decoratively in iron - a wrought iron gate, or decorative garden ornament. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Staggering to see close at hand (within the <b>‘Nostalgia’</b> element of the Show), and quite amazing: old and modern machinery used past and present for farm and forestry activities. We are probably all too used to going down to our local friendly D-I-Y store for the odd plank of wood, or decking for the patio, little realising how such timber is transformed from tree to felled trunk to a packaged product. In days gone by, planking would all have been done by hand, often using a pitsaw - one man above ground, the other standing beneath in a pit with the log midway on trestles; extremely hard work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Whatever your interest in times past, check out the fabulous <b>vintage vehicles</b> on display including a collection of old commercial vehicles and steam engines, plus threshing and cider machines. Also back in the past, to trigger memories: historic lawn mowers - remember struggling to push those across the lawn? - and caravans that had all the style but few mod-cons. In the <b>‘Country Pursuits Marquee’</b> you can discover wood turning, stick making, spinning and other age-old delights at the very heart of the Show. Some of Britain's most traditional rural activities, skills and pastimes that have survived the years - truly a case of Relive and Revive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Just to remind you: </b>Show opening times on both days are 9.00am to 6.00pm and there’s a free shuttle bus from Great Malvern rail station. There's also no charge for standard car parking. <a href="https://ticketing.threecounties.co.uk/" target="_blank">Book your Show tickets online</a>, or phone the ticket hotline (01684 584924). More next week - so do bookmark this page. <i>(All images are reproduced by kind permission of Ray Quinton, unless credited otherwise.)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you ever, when planning a garden, or re-thinking a plot, likened it to creating a patchwork quilt? A sewing together of seams, a melding of materials, a blending of colours, a loom-weaving of ideas into something which becomes whole-cloth. It’s much the same with staging the Malvern Autumn Show. If you were to see the Showground right now, you would observe a wide-open grid of gigantic grassy rectangles bound together by ‘streets’ and ‘rows’, interspersed with exhibition halls, buildings and permanent gardens. That’s the framework, a living land-map into which will be jigsawed five major ‘components’, each focussing on a different Autumn fruitful experience. ‘Grow’, ‘Harvest’ and ‘Taste’ all interlink - whilst ‘Relive’ (nostalgia) and ‘Experience’ will provide just as much inspiration for the months ahead, be it in garden, home or the great outdoors. The whole Showground will be jam-packed with inspiration and shopping experiences, the like of which it is hard to find brought together in one location.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It’s a fruitful experience for me, too. How I love to visualise that familiar blank framework (overlooked by the enigmatic Malvern Hills) and within my blogposts draw together disparate threads of information that come my way. How good it was this last week to hear from a new exhibitor who is inviting you to visit their stand and taste the forbidden fruit (my words, not theirs). Rich, red, tasty, juicy, luscious, appletastic apples!!! The ‘Lubera’ show team is very excited to be promoting their beautiful apple range and specifically their ‘Redlove' family. So why not pop along and say hello and hear all about apple breeding and 'hot off the press news' of new varieties to come. You will also get the chance to partake in fruit testing and tasting. I already grow various varieties produced by Lubera, and believe me, they really are something. (Where: Stand WH83, Garden Sundries Pavilion - meanwhile take a preview of their <a href="http://www.lubera.co.uk/" target="_blank">fruit-breeding programme</a>.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Further fruitful experiences continue throughout the Show, with visitors flocking to the theatre in The Good Life Pavilion. Meeting well-known TV personalities ‘live’ is always a thrill and this September will be no exception as television gardener, Monty Don, is to head up the celebrity guest list, and will be at the Show on Sunday. Renowned as a writer and presenter, he is best known for fronting the team of experts behind the popular weekly gardening programme, BBC Gardeners' World. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He will join fellow gardeners Joe Swift and Mark Diacono; and will be talking to Joe live on stage in the event's Good Life Pavilion, about all things gardening. He has presented gardening and travel programmes for over twenty years and became the lead presenter for the BBC flagship programme Gardeners' World between 2003 and 2008, and then again from 2011 when he began hosting Gardeners' World from his home in Herefordshire. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And that’s not all: Monty is a committed organic gardener and President of the Soil Association. He has worked with schools, and groups of drug addicts, to build respect and reward from working with the natural world, and has a strong belief in the importance of communities working together through an understanding and love of the land. He says: "The real importance of gardening is the empowerment that it gives people, however small or seemingly insignificant their gardens might be. It is surprising how liberating it is, if you can grow anything at all - and there is as much pleasure in a snowdrop as in a successful career.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Words of wisdom indeed - don’t miss the opportunity to hear him, and other celebrities; but do check the <a href="http://www.threecounties.co.uk/malvernautumn/" target="_blank">Show website</a> for times of appearance. In fact visit it regularly for updates on all that is happening, and many more fruitful experiences to come.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Whenever I think of Malvern in my mind’s eye, I see that whaleback line of hills, and marvel at the fact that no matter when I am there on the Showground - Spring, Summer, Autumn and even Winter, the weather does not matter one jot to my enjoyment of what is on offer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And thinking ahead again to this year’s Autumn Show; what a joyous occasion it will be. Do you know that feeling of pleasurable euphoria? A day out in the country after a busy summer, tasks accomplished, harvest ongoing - late September in all its glory.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Lat</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">est show ground news is starting to trickle into my inbox - it’s really exciting when this happens, and has me ferreting for stories surrounding a series of bullet points. First up this week is related to <b>‘The Good Life’</b> aspect of the Show, which is all about sowing, growing and cooking with fresh, wholesome food harvested from the garden. 'A Brave New World of Beauty' is the theme of a brand new feature garden in the <b>Good Life Pavilion.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The design celebrates a new shift towards allowing perennials to stand over winter - enjoying them in the frosty garden rather than tidying them away. Plant beauty rather than bare soil. Three of the four seasons will be depicted - Autumn, Winter and Spring.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Autumn features warm colours (particularly red), with bright Autumn foliage forming a backdrop. The Winter section will make use of frosted glass and silver foliage, white bark and white plants to evoke the feel of the Winter season. The Spring section will feature a sumptuous array of Spring coloured flowers with a meadow feel, created using long grasses and asters (the latter normally associated with Autumn) - but that’s in the nature of show gardens: theatricality rather than reality. Do <a href="http://www.threecounties.co.uk/malvernautumn/options.php?id=120" target="_blank">look at the website</a> for the three ‘mood boards’ already featured.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As to <b>Celebrity Speakers at the Show</b>, so far confirmed are Joe Swift (both days), Monty Don (Sunday) and Jim Buttress (Saturday); always popular, it’s an excellent opportunity to catch up on the latest professional guidance. Again - keep visiting the website for news; and don’t forget to purchase your tickets in advance. More news will follow from me in due course … it may be trite to say so, but “watch this space!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Back to the Basics:</b> Show opening times on both days are 9.00am to 6.00pm and there’s a free shuttle bus from Great Malvern rail station. There's also no charge for standard car parking. </span><a href="http://www.threecounties.co.uk/malvernautumn/options.php?id=37" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank"><span id="goog_635007835"></span>Book your Show tickets online,<span id="goog_635007836"></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> or phone the ticket hotline (01684 584924). And bookmark this Blog if you haven’t done so already as I’ll be posting regularly right up to the Show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Summer isn’t over yet, but it’s good to say hello again after my break from Show blogging. Mind you, the Showground has been busy with many activities since I last posted about the RHS Malvern Spring Show. So welcome back to <b>Ann’s Malvern Jotter</b> as I now bring you news of the forthcoming <b><a href="http://www.threecounties.co.uk/malvernautumn/" target="_blank">Three Counties Malvern Autumn Show</a>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And oh, what a treat it will be! Note the date first: Saturday and Sunday 27th and 28th September when the Three Counties will be celebrating food, gardening, harvest and nostalgia - and a whole lot more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, in a nutshell for today’s introduction - what to see and do: <b>Food</b> - taste it (packed full of flavour); <b>Gardening</b> - grow it, harvest it; <b>Nostalgia</b> - re-live it (wander down memory lane); <b>Live Shows</b> - experience it (catch all the action!) and pick up something really special: <b>Shop</b> - buy it (or as they say in a well-know supermarket ad, “shop till you drop”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Early news that has just landed on my desk relates to another popular aspect of the Malvern Shows - <b>Plant Demonstrations and Question and Answer Sessions</b>. Two of the <b>Royal Horticultural Society’s major bodies</b> - The Tender Ornamental Plant Committee and The Fruit, Vegetable and Herbs Committee, plus the <b>National Vegetable Society</b> - are joining forces for the second year to host these sessions in the Harvest Pavilion. Visitors can glean advice and benefit from years of experience from an outstanding panel of speakers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Scheduled for the Autumn Show are the following: <b>Pelargoniums - Helen Bainbridge</b>, Member of the RHS Tender Ornamental Plant Committee; <b>Fruit Tree Pruning - Nick Dunn,</b> Chairman of the RHS Fruit, Vegetable and Herb Committee; <b>Growing Vegetables in Containers - Mark Hall, </b>Trustee of the National Vegetable Society; <b>Plants in the Home - John Hughes,</b> Member of the RHS Tender Ornamental Plant Committee; <b>Fuchsias - Geoff Oke,</b> Member of the RHS Tender Ornamental Plant Committee; <b>Home Composting - Mick Poultney,</b> Chairman of the West Midlands Association of the National Vegetable Society and Abbey Road Allotments; <b>Carnivorous Plants - Matthew Soper,</b> Member of the RHS Tender Ornamental Plant Committee; <b>Showing Fruit and Vegetables - Colin Spires</b>, Vice-Chairman of the RHS Fruit Vegetable and Herb Committee; <b>Planting Winter Containers - Brian Taylor,</b> Vice-Chairman of the RHS Tender Ornamental Plant Committee; <b>Tender Plant Associations - Jon Wheatley, </b>Member of RHS Council and Vice-Chairman of the Tender Ornamental Plant Committee. <i>Talks will take place at hourly intervals (if space permits, I’ll list these with the relevant day in a future post). I sat in on a number of similar talks at the 2013 Show and found them both useful and absolutely fascinating.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now to the nitty-gritty: Show opening times on both days are 9.00am to 6.00pm and there’s a free shuttle bus from Great Malvern rail station. There's also no charge for standard car parking. <a href="http://www.threecounties.co.uk/malvernautumn/options.php?id=37" target="_blank"><span id="goog_635007835"></span>Book your Show tickets online,<span id="goog_635007836"></span></a> or phone the ticket hotline (01684 584924). And bookmark this Blog if you haven’t done so already as I’ll be posting regularly right up to the Show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2014</b> is upon us – opening to eager visitors from Thursday 8th May to Sunday 11th May, 9.00am to 18.00 hours each day, come sunshine or (maybe inevitably, the odd shower of rain).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the Showground having been transformed this year, take a moment or two to gain your bearings – maybe over tea or coffee in one of the many refreshment areas. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Show Gardens will delight you – having been privileged to spend a morning on one of the build-up days, I wanted to show you the sheer theatricality of it all. From a veritable building site with earth-movers and scaffolding, wonders have emerged. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plants were waiting in the wings for their appearance on stage, once the ‘sets’ had been constructed. All will be in pristine condition, come Thursday. Designers will be keen to talk about their gardens; there’s always plenty to learn from their expertise which you can put into practice in your own plot back home. Or just make notes or take photos; what I saw under construction was truly amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don’t forget the <b>Spring Festival Theatre</b> on the <b>Village Green</b>, which is combining gardening and cookery in an exciting programme of talks, demonstrations and Q&A (question and answer) sessions. The theatre setting has been designed and built by garden designer Peter Dowle who has been involved with so much of this year’s theatricality – in this instance, a kitchen garden to host the theatre programme. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The latest Show news is that <b>HRH The Princess Royal</b> is spending time at the Festival on Friday 9th. She will be met by the Lord Lieutenant for Worcestershire, Lt Col Patrick Holcroft LVO OBE and Mrs Annie Holcroft, and will tour the event with Three Counties Agricultural Society President, Dame Janet Trotter DBE HML. Her Royal Highness is no stranger to the Showground – her first visit was in 1976; she served as TCAS President in 1981 and opened the new Members Complex overlooking the Main Arena in 1986. She last visited the Show in 2010, in its 25th year and met some of the exhibitors who have been with the event since its beginning. Said RHS Malvern Spring Gardening Show Manager, Doreen Smillie:<i> “We are naturally delighted that Her Royal Highness she should choose to honour us with a visit to our new-look show.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Remember stout shoes (or wellies), rainwear for just-in-case, and a capacious bag/bags or folding trolley for all those purchases. The latter can usually be purchased on site from various exhibitors; for you are sure to get carried away with all those must-have plants, sundries, local food and other delights. <b>AND DON’T FORGET YOUR TICKETS! </b></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(I’m now signing out, for this is the last preview for the 2014 Spring Festival. I’ll be back later in the year, but meanwhile if you like what I photograph and write about, you’ll find me on various social network sites, or ‘Google-search’ me to discover my various personal Blogs and new weekly online newsletter.</span>)</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I’ve talked about Show Gardens of all types over the last few weeks and yesterday (Tuesday 29th) in beautiful sunshine actually managed to see them taking shape – dozens of images which I am saving for the final preview post at the end of this week. Meanwhile today’s post is focusing on <b>PLANTS and exquisite floral displays</b> – drooling over them, talking about them, and filling those bags, trolleys and even wheel-barrows with purchases. What will be the ‘must-have’ plant for this year, I wonder? <i>(All images are from the 2013 show.)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the Show having been renamed <a href="http://www.threecounties.co.uk/rhsmalvern/" target="_blank">‘RHS Malvern Spring Festival’</a>, solidifying the strong connections between the Malvern Show and the Royal Horticultural Society, there’s a new location and a fresh look for the <b>RHS Malvern Floral Marquee</b>. Now located on Avenue D, by the North Gate and shaped like a gigantic elongated ‘U’, it will be home over the four days (8th-11th May) to 80 of the best UK and international nurseries selling a huge range of plants. Refreshments and additional premium exhibitors outside of the ‘U’ will ensure that this corner of the Showground provides a whole new ambience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Innovative displays calculated to add that WOW factor within the 5,500 square-metres are sure to appeal. Knowledgeable exhibitors will be happy to offer advice on the best plants to buy for your own garden and situation. Show stands are always as varied as the nature of the plants on show, and additionally this year there is to be a huge central celebratory display specially created by Cook’s Garden Centre – their team won a gold at the 2013 Spring show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Indeed, a remarkable 80% of exhibitors are awarded RHS Gold or Silver Gilt medals and a large number are shown on Gardeners' World, BBC2. Many of the nurseries this year are displaying symbols in the Show Guide indicating that their stock is either grown wholly or partially on their own premises, useful for anyone new to gardening. Visitors will also enjoy the<b> ‘Potting Bench’ </b>located just outside the RHS Floral Marquee, providing an informal platform for growers to hold short, interactive demonstrations for visitors. Sessions are running thoughout the Festival and more details can be found at the 'Potting Bench' itself. More gardening advice can be obtained in the <b>RHS Pavilion</b>, conveniently situated close the floral marquee area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There’s more to entice gardeners to visit the Show: you’ll also love the <b>Plant Pavilions</b>, between Rows 2 and 3, <b>floral art</b> in the Avon Hall, <b>Plant Village Plots</b> in Row 4, and the show garden created by Warwickshire College through its Pershore campus in the floral marquee area. The Pershore marquee alongside their garden will provide visitors with information on the many courses available in subjects related to Garden Design, Landscaping, Horticulture and land-based learning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don’t forget the <b>Wye Hall</b> which will be home to National Specialist Plant Societies, the Alpine Garden Society Show, ‘Open Gardening’ and ‘Get Going Get Growing’ - details for which appeared on the Blog on 7th April. In brief, this last section will offer “Practical planting workshops for first-time gardeners allowing you to discover how to sow, grow and harvest flowers, fruit and vegetables”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is the penultimate post of the 2014 Show previews; the final post with latest news and images of the show garden build-up will appear at the end of this week. <a href="https://ticketing.threecounties.co.uk/" target="_blank">Have you bought your tickets</a>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As part of the exciting transformation of the <b>RHS Malvern Spring Festival</b>, celebration TCAS is introducing a new competition category of creative show gardens. Working with the <b>Cotswold Gardening School,</b> ‘Festival Gardens’ offers students the opportunity to stage a garden by giving designers an open brief, coupled with free guidance and practical support, both through the development stages and the actual garden build. 'Festival Gardens' can embody any concept through the medium of plants and the garden and may well embrace new technology, trends and materials.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In brief, there are four Festival Gardens which will be located at the heart of the Festival next to our new Village Green with its Celebrity Theatre. Shown and described above the opening paragraph is <b>‘A Game of Contrast’ </b>(OS5554) which portrays a very different message to <b>‘Levels: A Garden Come Rain Or </b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Shine’</b> (OS551). Levels is a garden that faces the challenges created by climate change – particularly increased rainfall – and showcases ways in which new and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">old technology can be used to offer solutions to these challenges. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Different again is <b>‘The Journey supporting RAF Benevolent Fund’ </b>(OS553) which has resonance for us all, as 2014 marks the year that British combat troops will withdraw from Afghanistan, 100 years since the start of the First World War and 70 years since the Normandy invasions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The four Festival Gardens contrast well with each other, and our fourth preview is different yet again. <b>‘The Garden of Contrast’</b> (OS551) highlights the relationship between nature and man and offers somewhere to contemplate its contrasts. As I drove near Malvern yesterday (Friday 25th), I truly felt for the designers and garden builders – not just those of the Festival Gardens but all the other gardens and outdoor spaces. Didn’t it rain! So when you come to visit between 8th-11th May, think on what has had to be achieved, despite these downpours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>STOP PRESS: </b>a plea for readers’ help has arrived in my inbox just in time for today’s post. Multi award-winning RHS garden designer Peter Dowle is appealing to members of the public to donate their unwanted brass musical instruments. (The donated instruments will be used for his installation at this year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival – 30th April-5th May – and will later be donated to the charity, Brass for Africa.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The RHS Malvern Spring Festival </b>enlisted Peter’s help to dress various areas of the Jazz Festival as part of a partnership deal between the two events, prior to the Spring Festival itself (almost upon us: 8th-11th May). Entitled ‘Jazz Jungle’, Peter’s garden concept will see him transform an antique piano into a stunning water feature as well as use various instruments in his displays. He will also ‘junglify’ the space with lush foliage, plants and flowers and jazz it up with original artwork using sheet music and colourful graffiti. Peter commented, <i>“I’m sure many people have an abandoned trumpet or saxophone hiding under the stairs or growing dusty in an attic.” </i>For those with unwanted instruments to donate, please contact Peter Dowle on 01989 567726.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>ON A FINAL NOTE:</b> we still have much to preview for you for the Spring Festival with hardly any time left to do so. If conditions allow, we plan to bring you images of the build-up. Always an eye-opener as it demonstrates just how much hard work goes into creating these Malvern Shows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the vernacular, I think it’s known as “putting the boot in” – but no way is that the case here. At the moment, an amazing and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">specially commissioned </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Giant Welly</b> art installation has been walking the hills, or transiting between iconic venues and shopping malls around Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire introducing anyone who sees it to the RHS Malvern Spring Festival. What a marvellous visual invitation to explore the delights of what this year’s Show has to offer. It’s already been to Malvern’s Morgan Car Factory and Holywell Water, as well as Worcester Cathedral and the Crowngate Shopping Centre until April 10th (see image below).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The Giant Welly</b> will appear at the Showground at <b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_241290762"></span>Countrytastic<span id="goog_241290763"></span></a></b> – a great family day out – on April 17th and will move onto the National Trust’s Croome Court, before visiting Malvern Theatre. The welly will also put in a special appearance at The Cheltenham Jazz Festival where it will sit in a show garden setting for music lovers to enjoy. During the Giant Welly Tour, the public is invited to take a picture of themselves with the boot <i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/threecounties" target="_blank">then post that image into our Facebook page</a>.</i> <i> Those who do so will be entered into a competition to win one of three VIP packages to the RHS Malvern Spring Show. </i>Happy welly spotting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greater emphasis this year is being given to <b>LEARNING and DISCOVERY</b>, and the new topic of <b>‘Get Going, Get Growing’</b> for visitors of any age who are keen to experience ‘grow your own’ for real will surely appeal. Practical planting workshops for first-time gardeners will allow you to find out how to sow, grow and harvest flowers, fruit and vegetables. It’s never too late to begin, or to learn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fortunate indeed are the children at those schools who have taken on the <b>School Garden Challenge</b> this year with a new patron – Chris Collins, formerly resident ‘Blue Peter’ gardener from 2004 to 2013. Along with Phil Eves from sponsors BAM Construct UK Ltd, Chris joined a panel of experts when youngsters from across the region descended on the Showground in February for a series of workshops aimed at helping them put together their competitive Show Gardens which they are building for the RHS Malvern Spring Festival.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The RHS Malvern Spring Festival, is the only RHS Show in the UK to have a collection of Show Gardens designed and built entirely by school children. This year sees a record number of 21 schools from Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Wiltshire and Warwickshire creating gardens on the theme ‘A Great Moment in History’ with youngsters from playgroups up to pupils in Year 13 taking part. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Speaking about the workshop, Chris said, <i>“It has been a superb way to kick off the School Gardens Challenge for RHS Malvern. The two days of workshops have put everybody in the mood and the ideas have been flying. I am so excited about the show in May and seeing the children’s show gardens come to life. These show gardens will give the kids a real insight into practical gardening and give them memories that they will treasure." </i>Visitors can join Chris Collins on a tour of the school gardens - times to be announced in a future post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sue Verdeyen, Education Officer for the Three Counties Showground, commented: <i>“At RHS Malvern, we are passionate about inspiring young people to fall in love with gardening and design. We are very proud to be the only RHS show that has a project specifically for schools. It’s a great opportunity for the children to get some hands on experience into the design, horticultural and construction industries. These youngsters are involved in every aspect of creating their gardens; the design, the sowing, the growing of their own plants and the hard landscaping."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It’s always interesting to see how children interpret any theme and this year will be no exception. Visiting their 4mx4m square gardens will be a revelation with <b>‘Great Moments in History’</b> as the theme. Topics chosen are extremely varied and include: ‘The Mouse’s Web’; ‘Dr Foster went to Gloucester’; ‘One Small Step for man, One Giant Leap for Mankind’; ‘Double Helix Garden’; ‘The Wheel Garden’; ‘Growing our Future’; ‘It’s a Ming Thing’; ‘Digital Growth’; ‘An Explosion of Colour’; ‘Never Forget’; ‘What have the Roman’s ever done for us?’; ‘Creation of the Union Jack’; ‘The Battle of Tewkesbury’; ‘400 Years of The Elms’; ‘Game, Set and Match’; Interesting, ingenious, and some will leave you guessing – so do visit (8th-11th May) and support these young gardeners (and historians) in-the-making.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Food is a necessity for a happy and healthy life (along with various other facets of course) and this year, the organisers of the <b>RHS Malvern Spring Festival</b> are pulling out all the stops to ensure that it is a key feature of the Show (8th to 11th May). Not only is the Showground going through a metamorphosis to stage the entire Show, TCAS are calling all foodies to come and enjoy what is on offer – a greatly enhanced festival of food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tying in with its links to the to the gardening aspect of the Show, the <b>Food Festival</b> at <b>RHS Malvern</b> will have a whole pavilion dedicated to Grow and Taste. The supply chain between artisan food producers and the source of their ingredients will be laid bare and celebrated. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ever-popular <b>TV Chef, James Martin</b>, will be headlining the food festival with demonstrations and talks throughout the weekend. <i>“No one can underestimate the links between food and gardening. If you love good food, the chances are you are pretty into where it has come from. The journey from field to plate is so often talked about in the media – however it is the allotment owners and the keen gardeners who are having the most fun with producing their own. I love the fact that RHS Malvern has tied in food to this year’s line up. It’s an inspirational experience for gardeners and foodies alike.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Friday will see busy TV chef, journalist and author of ten best-selling cookery books, <b>Rachel Allen,</b> take to the stage with top TV gardener <b>Christine Walkden</b>. They will both share their expert knowledge from the kitchen and the garden in a ‘Ready Steady Cook’ style presentation. Rachel said: <i>“I am utterly thrilled to be involved with this year’s RHS Malvern Spring Festival as it is the first year to intertwine food with gardening. There is a great synergy between spades and spoons and in order for us chefs to produce wonderful dishes, the growth and harvest of our produce is so important. The Festival is set to showcase all that is great about food and gardening and I am really looking forward to seeing what’s in store.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Located at the heart of the Show is the Severn Hall and a new (as yet unnamed) feature designed to create some real ‘theatre and drama’ for visitors. The whole space will be designed by multi-awards winning garden designer, Peter Dowle, and broken into a series of garden rooms. <i>“It is going to be a dining experience not seen at the Spring Festival before ..... we're bringing in some huge plants for the central jungle area with pool , together with a woodland, village green , and farm market showing some of the 'raw' ingredients that will be used by the innovative catering team from Relish. ...... All very exciting and we can't wait to get going !" </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As more details emerge on the increasing links between gardening and food, we will continue to post. I've been attending the Spring Shows since 2006, and writing about them every year, and 2014 is</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> going to be very special.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <i>(Author's Note: All images posted are from previous shows. So different will be the new Food Festival at RHS Malvern that as yet we have no representative shots, though I hope to bring you a sneak preview during the build-up.)</i></span></div>
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With some awesome themes and evocative Show Gardens scheduled for this year’s <b>RHS Malvern Spring Festival, </b>and in a new location on the Showground for 2014, I think back to last year’s build-up and the sheer ingenuity that will turn patches of sometimes muddy ground into desirable garden spaces. Whether it is bringing a message home, or creating a garden for the sheer joy of doing so, this year’s themes will captivate as much as in any former year.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #660000;">Designer Jody & Tim Lidgard</span></i></td></tr>
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Nine in all, and varying in size and shape, the names alone will inspire, and maybe have one guessing as to hidden meanings. Take <b>‘Shears and Chardonnay’ </b>– a Woodland garden representing a corner or the end of the country garden where boundaries can often blur and merge with the surrounding lanes and fields in rural Suffolk.<br />
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Or <b>‘Blush’</b> – an urban retreat, with somewhere to sit and relax whilst escaping the stress of everyday life. A stepping stone path leads you into the centre of the space, which is a seating area enclosed by rendered walls. A sculptural piece consisting of stainless steel flowers on long stems forming a ‘ball’ is echoed throughout the space with living box balls. </div>
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<i><span style="color: #660000;">Designer Richard Wanless Twigs Gardens</span></i></td></tr>
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Secret spaces appeal to many gardeners faced with the everyday stresses of a busy life, so <b>‘A Fruity Story’ </b>is sure to appeal. A modern yet informal kitchen garden, it provides somewhere to relax, to enjoy the fruits of one’s labours. Inspired by the new format of the RHS Malvern Spring Festival, the designer has incorporated three festival themes in the garden – Food and Drink, Grow and Taste and Heritage.<br />
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The <b>‘Living with Parkinson’s Garden’</b> try to illustrate what it must be like to live with Parkinson’s disease Parkinson’s is caused by the loss of nerve cells in the brain. It leads to the main symptoms of tremors, slowness of motion and stiffness. Many sufferers experience feelings of frustration that they can no longer do simple everyday tasks easily. So the journey around this garden is intended to be deliberately difficult and frustrating. </div>
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<b>'Ooooh …. It makes me wonder’</b> should resonate with us all, for it reflects upon the one situation which we will all experience sooner or later – death. The garden depicts an imaginary, unearthly place – a location between the physical and metaphysical worlds, whilst at the same time providing a sense of security by replicating the ‘familiar’.<br />
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Raising awareness of the International Quiet Garden Trust whilst illustrating the ability of gardens to encourage rest, spiritual refreshment and meditation is <b>‘The Quiet Garden’</b>. It is intended to provide spiritual refreshment by stilling the mind with turns in the meditation path requiring concentration – a diversion from daily worries. The Trust is a small charity which spreads its network across the world – gardens could be found in private homes, churches, schools, retreat centres and hospitals.</div>
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<b>'Bringing Nature Home'</b> has been inspired by natural planting and shows how British native wildflowers can be incorporated into a more modern style of garden. The layout has a modern feel, leading out into the natural rural landscape beyond; with the naturalistic planting setting it at ease within the landscape. Wildlife friendly to encourage bees and butterflies, it incorporates a simple reflective pool, with drips of water coming down from the steel joist creating simple ringlets on the water surface.</div>
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2014 marks 100 years since the start of the First World War and ‘ROSY & Victory’ is an Edwardian-style design celebrating the traditional English garden, as inspired by the war poet Siegfred Sassoon. </div>
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It’s a garden within a garden (typical of many a garden of the time, when small garden entities were fashioned within much larger acreage. </div>
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Transport yourself abroad to the Balearics and the largest Show Garden ever to have been constructed at Malvern. <b>‘En su Casa en La Playa (At home on the beach)’</b> is a theatrical representation designed to evoke happy memories of summer and holidays in the sun. At the back of the beach house is a driveway lined with aromatics, and olive trees set into lawn areas. At the front of the house are specimen rosemary densely planted along with agave, palms, yucca gloriosa and grasses. The beach house itself is surrounded by potted citrus and aromatics and enhanced with climbers. There’s even a paella hut.<br />
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So lose yourself amongst these imaginative Show Gardens, remembering their new location near the West Gate, facing the Malvern Hills. And don't forget to <b><a href="http://www.threecounties.co.uk/rhsmalvern" target="_blank">book your tickets online</a></b> to save you time. (You can even now print your tickets once you have booked.)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Hello again!” It’s so good to be saying that, after the gap between last year’s ‘Malvern Autumn Show’ and this, the first of my ‘RHS Malvern Spring Festival’ posts. And welcome to anyone who is visiting this blog for the first time; we hope you will visit regularly. Committed follower, or first-timer, you will find much to delight and inform you in the posts I have scheduled for the coming weeks between now and the actual show (8th-11th May, 2014).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It may still be grey and damp outside but ‘those hills’ are as beautiful as ever, and before long will overlook the most remarkable transformation. For the former Spring Flower Show at the Three Counties Showground is no more; the show is undergoing a sea-change – the first of which is a name change to the ‘RHS Malvern Spring Festival’. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Under this new guise there will be a much wider focus on gardening, growing, show gardens, workshops, celebrity garden ‘know-how’, Plant Pavilions and seed suppliers and of course the RHS Malvern Floral Marquee (5,500 square metres: home for four days to over one hundred top nurseries). Plants and flowers galore – in fact, a plant-a-holic’s paradise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An almost equal focus will be placed on FOOD with guest chef James Martin cooking up a feast in a specially designed kitchen garden, and Irish TV chef Rachel Allen also on stage creating dishes using delicious local ingredients. There’s to be a new Food and Drink Pavilion in a huge marquee where you will be able to savour a fine array of regional, national and international delicatessen, and a Food Court in which to enjoy everything from French crepes and spicy fajitas to chutneys, ciders and beer. Plus an Artisan Market offering food from the region’s smaller producers; not to be missed, and very special. The Severn Hall is to become a conservatory-style eating area with a garden café. You can also enjoy a sensual Tea Experience, sampling exotic teas and tisanes from around the world in an authentic oriental garden lounge. Under wraps for now is an area that may well become the focal point of the Show for many.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plans are still unfolding. As they wing their way to me through cyberspace; it feels as if I am already turning the pages of a new scrapbook – one as yet to be created from which I can cut-and-paste onto this blog. It’s a new era for the Showground. I have been visiting and writing about the Spring shows for almost ten years and have never been so excited. With thousands of photographic images already on file, and various personal hand-made notebooks documenting these past years, I can see that in 2014 it will take me all of the four available days and a very special sketch-book to record the ‘RHS Malvern Spring Festival’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Day Two of the Malvern Autumn Show and the weather is still perfect. What a bonus; so much easier to take pictures without umbrellas obscuring the scene! Though gardeners and outdoor people never mind that, do they? Dry and warm conditions just make it all more pleasurable.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I found time to enjoy the many exhibitors demonstrating their creative<br />skills, which fed my passion for both nostalgia and creativity</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's time for me to sign off for now, at the end of a very busy season at the Malvern Three Counties Showground. There are more Shows to come this year with which I am not involved - details on the TCAS website. It has been such a privilege to get to know so many of the dedicated team who put together the events about which I have written since beginning this Blog in February; their support has been invaluable in bringing you news and images - all the previews, and 'blogging live'. YOUR support as reader and follower of what has appeared is also so very much appreciated, as is that of the many exhibitors I have interviewed and featured. Thankyou to you all.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Whilst I've been working in the Press Room creating this last post, my<br />photographer husband, Ray Quinton, has been out and about taking<br />many more images through which to remember the Show.</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Plans are already in progress for 2014 with some imaginative and exciting innovations. It may be trite to say so, but WATCH THIS SPACE.</span><br />
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The Showground is heaving! I'm off-duty really, post-previews, and doing my own thing; dashed to buy pumpkin seeds from Pennard Plants in the Good Life Pavilion (an under-cover marquee filed with the edible gardens and seed/plant companies and always a magnet for me). Alongside spotted the Westons Cider vintage display (top right), enjoyed the vintage merry-go-round and the gold-medal Rockford Rock Garden (middle left). It features the urban and rural landscape of Rockford City, Illinois, USA - an irregular grid seen from the air. I'll be writing about this elsewhere. Then spent over an hour listening to an informative talk in the Harvest Pavilion on 'Amazing Edibles' - fruit, vegetables and wild plants (weeds, actually) given by member of the RHS Council, Jon Wheatley. Did you know that in 20 years we'll be eating hostas? Now to more hours of enjoyment as I quarter the show ground, in search of this and that, making a few purchases here and there. It's so beautifully warm, encouraging one to linger.</div>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947059850416827937.post-14398451679738232542013-09-28T01:58:00.003-07:002013-09-28T01:58:31.761-07:00On the Showground – Autumn Show<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The long-tailed tits were back again, as
we left home; and a robin, perching on the fat-balls. The sun shone – the road
out of the village epitomized Autumn: crab apples and elderberries, sweet
chestnuts and rowan lined our cross-country route. Blackberries and sloes, perry pears and rosehips – an edible
harvest accompanying our 50-mile journey. The hills blue in the distance
drawing ever nearer. It was good to be back.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">How much more is on offer than my previews
over the last weeks had indicated, and what a marvellous mix of all the
components – grow, harvest, experience taste, discover, relive, enjoy, buy.
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Grow and Harvest were also spread
throughout the Showground, the edible gardens in the Good Life Pavilion<b> </b>such a
joy with much ‘food for thought’ in each concept; no pun intended. Not a leaf
out of place as the designers awaited the judges. Giant Veg were arriving all
the while in the Severn Hall, floral art was still in the process of creation,
finishing touches were being put to nursery displays and exhibitors’ stands,
sound systems in three theatres were being tested, awaiting a long list of
prestigious speakers and all the while, a stream of heavy haulage vehicles
arrived, unloaded and departed, all a mammoth feat of organisation. The gates are open; it's going
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Show One</b> is of course the <b><a href="http://www.threecounties.co.uk/malvernautumn/" target="_blank">Malvern Autumn Show</a></b> which I have been previewing for the last couple of months - that marvellous mix of growing, experiencing, tasting, discovering, enjoying, and nostalgia. This is the last of my pre-show reports for the gates open this Saturday and Sunday (<b>28th & 29th September</b>) welcoming visitors once more onto the immaculate Showground beneath the Malvern Hills. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Opening times are 9.00am to 6.00pm on both days; free car-parking, or continuous shuttle bus from Great Malvern station.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have not been able to make my usual pre-show visit but know that much frenetic activity is ongoing morning till night, as happens before all shows. But come Saturday, I will once more be out with my camera and notebook-cum-sketchbook, recording my favourite aspects, posting for those who follow this blog but for reasons of distance cannot visit. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A true celebration of the harvest, set in a beautiful location - just remember your shopping trolley; and a raincoat is alway advisable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And watch out for the monster pumpkins descending on the Showground - they will need industrial-strength scales at the weigh-in! </span>Ten mammoths are appearing along
with 270 other giant vegetables, ranging from parsnips, onions and marrows, to leeks,
carrots and runner beans – all of them entered into the prestigious <b>‘UK
National Giant Vegetables Championship’.</b> The competition is taking place at
Malvern for the first time, following its move from Somerset’s Royal Bath &
West Showground, where it has been staged since 1997.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>MOVING ON:</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>One week later and the Showground plays host </i><br />
<i>to the Malvern Caravan Show</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Show Two</b> is the <b><a href="http://www.threecounties.co.uk/caravanshow/options.php?id=44" target="_blank">Malvern Caravan Show</a></b> which follows less than one week later - what a task for the showground staff to make ready for an influx of new exhibitors and visitors in motorhomes or tents, or with caravans in tow - or none, for day visitors are equally welcome, as is anyone in a motorhome or camping under canvas. <b>Friday 4th - Sunday 6th October.</b> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Time to enjoy myself - mapping the local area </i><br />
<i>with my trusty notebook still on hand</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's a great opportunity to relax and unwind, meet up with friends, view new models that could become your desired home on wheels, buy supplies and generally soak up the atmosphere and camaraderie of touring. (Having just returned from ten days with our motorhome touring Brittany, and next month will be in Shropshire with our caravan, I can thoroughly recommend touring as a means of 'getting away from it all'.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Latest news from the Showground</b> is now to hand: <b>Daytime activities</b> include ‘Doggy
Day’:?Fun Dog show (Waggiest Tail, Dog Most Like Its Owner etc) Good prizes for
the dogs (Saturday morning). Adventurous visitors can enjoy free Laser Shoot
and Crazy Golf, both available throughout the weekend. Those caravanners
feeling creative can enter the Bake a Cake in a Van Competition! in the
Showground’s very own bake-off. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Evening activities</b> include a fantastic line-up of entertainment from the fabulous 50s and Swinging 60s! ?’Dream Boats and Petticoats,’ a Rock and Roll sensation! (Friday 4th October, 8pm) then ‘Dusty Miss 60s Springfield’ and the ‘Good Vibrations’ on Saturday 5th October, 8pm. ?Food is available in the Severn Hall on Friday and Saturday Evenings from 6.30 - 8pm.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Eating well on local food prepared in our two-berth motorhome kitchen<br />(sorry - not at Malvern, this was Brittany two weeks ago)</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Go Touring:</b> As well as the new and
second hand models for sale, check top of the range caravans - don't miss your
chance to see the new models from Swift, Coachman, Bailey, Elddis, Adria and
Lunar plus caravan accessories - from awnings to towing equipment. Think
nostalgia and look at models in the Vintage Caravan display, and
share fond recollections of caravanning holidays - enjoying the British weather
rain or shine with all the comforts of home! (Note, they’re still
just as comfortable today!)</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Group Tour of the Morgan factory during the </i><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Explore the local area: </b>Tour the local
attractions - why not try a fully guided tour of the <b>Morgan Motor Company
</b>factory and watch the traditional skills of the craftsmen and women hand-making
Morgan Sports Cars, and the cutting edge technology that goes into the latest
models. Limited spaces - Friday am. All tours must be booked in advance. Phone
(01684) 584580 for details. Or tour the local <b>Westons Cider Factory</b>? Phone
(01531) 660233 for details. Please note: All tours must be booked in advance.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Spring water - unequalled</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And last but not least, <b>Walk the
Hills:</b> glorious views, way-marked paths and carparks in various locations. See
if you can find the Evandine Spring from which you can still enjoy the fabulous natural Malvern
Water, for free. Or explore Malvern Town with its range of shops and two good
supermarkets if you have run out of food. Above all, join the fun and enjoy yourselves!</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Such a lovely Show in a superb area of outstanding natural beauty</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We’re only just over a week away from this year’s <b>Malvern Autumn Show</b> and it looks to be a cracker –a captivating celebration of country matters: food, gardening and nostalgia. Over the last three months, I’ve been previewing the Show; this post should act as a reprise of the exciting mixture of activities and exhibitors that you will find over the weekend of Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th September. And if this is your first visit to Ann’s Malvern Jotter, then it will serve as a useful introduction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Celebrate in style</b>: “taste it, relive it, grow it, buy it, harvest it, experience it - and love it!” You surely will, as I have done for all the years I have been visiting and reviewing the profusion of delights that this Show always offers. Keep calm – it’s show time and you only have a day (or two if you are staying in the vicinity) to take it all in. So a few teasers to whet your appetite - and in no particular order, for all visitors will no doubt make a beeline for their favourite aspect and it would be inappropriate for me to focus on what I love most. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Enjoying a pint</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Free dance lessons</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Feeling nostalgic? </b>Seek out the Vintage Village. Why not pick up your dancing shoes and learn to jive, or if a sedate afternoon tea is more your style, seek refreshment from the World War II Village Hall & Tea Room. Stop by the Vintage Pavilion or take a stroll around the vintage cars, caravans and machinery. And there’s an Old Tyme Victorian Fair, too.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Perfect veg</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Harvest It:</b> The Harvest Pavilion showcases prize-winning blooms and perfect veg. New for this year is the UK National Giant Vegetables Championship. Also NEW is the Vegetable Trug National Championships where avid gardeners can fill a trug with a selection of finest vegetables from their autumnal haul. And learn how to grow your own as well. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Experienced already ...</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Experience It:</b> There’s plenty to see - step into the World of Animals where you can interact and learn about different breeds. There is something for everybody including the entertaining ‘Lamb National’, animal parades, elegant carriage driving, gentle heavy horses, fast paced dog agility and gun dog displays. Visit the Cafe Plaza the perfect place to soak up the atmosphere and relax to the sounds of Indigo Kings in the afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Taste It: </b>Don’t miss the cookery theatre run by Katie and Glyn Johnson from Wot’s Cooking, with demos from the region’s top chefs. Also check out the delicious local produced food & drink, artisan food market, Orchard Pavilion with cider and perry - and the WI bake off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Grow It: </b>Malvern is always a plant lover’s paradise presenting charming edible gardens, including an outdoor kitchen, a Cornish tea garden and the Rockford Garden, showcasing the landscape in Illinois. Experience the RHS Flower Show with hundreds of beautiful plants from Britain’s best nurseries as well as Alan Gardner’s ‘Food Versus Flowers’ garden and David Neate-Stidson’s ‘Out of the Red into the Green.’ Mark Diacono of Otter Farm will be talking about seasonal recipes, and Mary Berry is the headline guest on Saturday 28th in the Good Life Pavilion, where she will be talking to TV gardener Joe Swift about their joint love of all things gardening. And Landscaping Live returns showcasing the art of garden design, featuring two identical gardens, one complete and the other a work in progress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Discover It: </b>There’s plenty of fun for the young and the young at heart. From taking the mystery out of mushroom-growing to pumpkin carving workshops from the 3 Shires Garden Centre, together with the chance to make a ‘Jack O Lantern’ in time for Halloween.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The gap in posting has been occasioned by my brief travels with my husband around Brittany, leading me yet again to realise that inspiration is all around you no matter where you are. And nowhere more so than at the Malvern Showground and the imminent <b>Malvern</b> <b>Autumn Show</b> (Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th September).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So much going on – and for me I just love the aspects of nostalgia that pop up around the Show, in celebration of the harvest, autumn gardens – or gardens all year round for that matter, and the opportunity to buy your own part of it. I know what I will be seeking in two weeks’ time and am sure to find what I am looking for. For I have yet to return disappointed over the years I have been visiting, and never know exactly what will take my fancy. Which is of course half the fun.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Plenty of ideas here for a formal garden</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Inspiration lies in the Show gardens as well as exhibitors’ stalls. It may not be the garden itself but the little tweaks and juxtaposition of plants and ‘furnishings’ that a clever designer offers. Thinking of how a design will look on different planes, remembering that a garden is for twelve months enjoyment and not just one day. They need to work, and most do.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Clever, too, are those experienced designers who make use of a cohesive variety of plants to create a stunning display. Categories not segregated but mixed for leaf shape, height and colour, whether they be ‘edible’ – purpose of the Autumn Show Gardens, or also floral and from the wild. (I so admire the use in France of public spaces with garden annuals along the roadsides attracting pollinating insects – the UK is not good at this, but we could all benefit wildlife by incorporating plants to attract bees and hoverflies into our own patch.)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even our allotments and vegetable plots can be decorative; we spend so much time tending them, so why not ‘think display’ – add a scarecrow with a difference, or a willow structure, or anything that you will enjoy whilst out their on your knees thinning and weeding. Take your camera to the Show if you don’t already do so, and record what you see to act as a reminder.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have a bit of fun with your imagery! No two Shows are the same and creating a photographic record means you will not forget your day out. Build your own library. Photographs will remind you of those aspects that inspired you; jumping-off points from which to broaden your gardening horizons. Enjoy your day at the Show – and have you yet booked your tickets??</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What could be more Autumnal – and
more in tune with the Three Counties – than the apple and pear harvest? And it
is celebrated in style at the Malvern Autumn Show; you cannot escape the wonderful
produce that producers from the counties of Worcestershire,
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Such bounty, such enjoyment, and just
about everything you may need to know about growing your own orchard, even if
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The exciting news is that this year
many previously diverse aspects of the fruit harvest will come together in <b>The
Orchard Pavilion.</b> So now, in one location, you will find a veritable
cornucopia: the Festival of Perry, the Commercial Apple and Pear show, the
Marcher Apple Network, the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers, the Herefordshire
Year of the Orchard Group, plus the apple juice competition, and what’s more,
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Celebrating the Year of Orchard:
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sloes (have you ever made – and drunk – sloe gin? Goes down a treat on a cold,
frosty evening). There will be stands selling dessert and cooking apples, tree
nurseries, and small stands selling preserves made from orchard fruit.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Remarkable honey-bees</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don’t miss the Bee Exhibition – it’s
always fascinating; bees are critical for pollination, or their would be no
fruit; Also covered will be nut orchards., which were once prevalent on every
country estate and even in cottage gardens, for nuts were once part of the
staple diet; hazel nuts and cob nuts, walnuts and the sweet chestnut encased in hedgehog-like prickly green case. Roast chestnuts round the fire on bonfire night.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lots to try and buy; locally produced and delicious.</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our Nuffield Scholar, Ali Capper,
will give a talk about apples “from the tree to the fruit bowl”. With the late
Spring and thus absence of late frosts, it’s been a bumper year for fruit, so
if you come to the <b>Malvern Autumn Show</b> for no other reason, come and celebrate
nature’s harvest and earth’s fruitfulness.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I just love this golden perry pear and had to fit it in somehow! I'm now taking a short break but will be back well before the Show (28th & 29th September) as there is still so much to tell you about. Please check back the week after next and make sure you book your tickets, and come as early as you can, for there is SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meanwhile, as we have more images than we can </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">publish in one short post, here's another of my collages to whet your appetite even further.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>From judging fruit juice (I was roped in one year) to Merrylegs </i><br />
<i>perry pears - and more - there is always so much to enjoy at Malvern</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It would seem that celebrated author,
columnist, teacher and broadcaster, <b>Mary Berry CBE</b>, is flavour of the month in
more ways than one. Bookshops have a number of her latest books on display, and
another title is scheduled for release two days before the <b>Malvern Autumn Show.</b>
<i>And she is coming to Malvern</i> - top of the bill and special guest on the
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Best known most recently for her part in
the TV baking revival, and for her practical and healthy recipes containing lots
of fresh ingredients, Mary is a household name, having hosted seven cookery
series for Thames Television, and several others since. She is known for her
views on family food for healthy living, so was the perfect choice of guest for
the popular <b>‘Good Life Pavilion’</b>. Said Sharon Gilbert, Communications Manager
for the Three Counties Showground: “Home-produced food is one of the main
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Pavilion’ </b>is just one of a whole
host of features planned for the Show. Indeed, the Malvern Autumn Show is now
renowned as a celebration of country life, food and nostalgia on account of its
charming mix of flowers, fruit and vegetables, exquisite crafts, local food
with taste, and quality shopping. The Show organisers are anticipating a big
crowd on both Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Pavilion is also home to five lovingly designed <b>edible gardens</b> this year, and there’s a brand new,
complementary <b>Plant Fair</b>, for those with a real passion for unusual species
grown by small specialist nurseries. The whole area is dedicated to promoting the
secrets of living a happy, healthy life, beginning with the benefits of sowing,
growing and eating produce from your own ‘back yard’ – even if that back yard
is just a small collection of patio pots. <i>The Show is only five weeks away - <a href="http://www.threecounties.co.uk/malvernautumn/" target="_blank">don't forget to book your tickets!</a></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is just so much to see and do
at the <b>Autumn Show </b>that I am hard pressed to share it all in the short post
scheduled for this weekend, so I will focus on animals and activities in just
two arenas.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"We're lonely." Do they want a pat? Or maybe a hug?</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Teme Arena:</b> There will be daily
parades of dogs, horses and other animals from the World of Animals. This year,
carriage driving classes are to be part of the programme.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Indeed the <b>World of Animals</b> is always
a popular area of the show, with many different breeds of dogs, horses and
goats on display, much loved by children.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Activity Arena:</b> The programme this
year includes Dog Agility on each day, plus an exhibition from Lamb National
and the Inter Gundog team event.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next week we will be back to growing and
harvesting and fruit in particular. And please be aware that the images
depicted are from last year’s Autumn Show so are representative of the sort of
activity you can expect.</span></i></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All images reproduced courtesy of Ray Quinton</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fresh and local is the key for FOOD at the <b>Malvern Autumn Show</b> – and why not when it is held in an area so renowned for some of the finest produce this country has to offer. From fruit to vegetables, meat to pastries, preserves to sweetmeats and bread to chutneys, the three counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire benefit from an equable climate and a tradition of excellence in food production.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Doing the Continental -<br />tasty morsels from far afield, as well as local to Malvern</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But being a cosmopolitan nation, the Autumn Show attracts exhibitors from far and wide, and beyond our island shores as well. Whether it's chillies or olives, continental meats or curries, or something even more exotic, your taste buds will tempt you to go sampling in the various areas of the Showground devoted to TASTE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Head for the <b>Avon Hall</b> where the WI (Women’s Institute) are staging a ‘Bake Off and Crafts-Village Show’. It’s also home to the celebrated ‘Festival of Food and Drink’ and all related exhibitors; dozens of them. Come early if you can, these stalls will be packed, though the vendors never seem to run out of produce. Moving from stall to stall, your shopping bag will soon be bulging! And there are plenty of stalls to whet your appetite in other locations, notably a Local Arts, Crafts and <b>Food Market</b> sited on the hard-standing area off Row 2 between the Wye and Avon Halls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Centre stage in the Avon Hall will be <b>Cookery Theatre</b> where <b>Wot’s Cooking</b> (with lovely Katie Johnson) will be hosting a series of cookery demonstrations throughout the Show. The theatre itself is a work of art, and Wot’s Cooking use different stages for the various events they attend around the country. The Autumn Show schedule is currently building, but following his appearance at 'The Malvern Royal', baker Rob Swift will be returning on Saturday with his entertaining bread making demo; </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Swifts</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> family Bakery celebrates its 150th anniversary this year.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Also on the Saturday, Katie has a super chap demonstrating all about fish including identification and sourcing (Tom Court from The Granary Restaurant, Shenstone, Worcs). On the Sunday </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Liz Knight, a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">fascinating foraging expert </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">from Herefordshire, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">will feature ingredients she has foraged for in the lanes and at her home, and no doubt at the Showground too. We’ll provide an update on other demos as news arrives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Watching food demos is hungry work, or at least one craves food afterwards, or at any time of the day. There are <b>plenty of refreshments</b> on offer around the Showground, clearly marked on the map that accompanies your Showguide. As these are all conveniently located, there’s no excuse for not stopping for a bite and a cuppa – indeed, your visit may well benefit from so doing when you arrive, allowing you time to glance through the Show Guide and formulate a plan of what you want to do. Familiarization can save time and possible frustration, allowing you to pack more into your day out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hosting both days in the <b>Good Life Pavilion</b> (alongside the edible show gardens) will be the inimitable Joe Swift conducting an audience with Mary Berry – Saturday only. Mark Diacono, from his Otter Farm smallholding in Devon, will also be appearing: head gardener at River Cottage and author of the amazing ‘Taste of the Unexpected’, he is both knowledgeable and amusing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shop till you drop! But if you’re seriously stocking your pantry and even freezer, do remember to bring along a cool bag, or even an icebox. More previews will follow in the weeks leading up to the Show. But please note that the images used were taken in previous years, and as every year is different, with different themes, there is no guarantee that a specific exhibitor will be at Malvern in 2013. Oh, and <a href="http://www.threecountiesonline.co.uk/" target="_blank">don’t forget to book your tickets</a> now and save money – which of course you <i>could</i> spend on food !!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>More good eating from other Malvern Shows<br />Don't miss this year's Autumn Show - 28th & 29th September, 2013</i></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>All images are copyright Ray Quinton and Ann Somerset Miles.</i></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947059850416827937.post-35108342859080925192013-07-30T08:46:00.002-07:002013-07-30T08:47:03.858-07:00Harvest Produce on Show<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As this year’s <b>Malvern Autumn Show</b> draws
ever closer – 60 days to go as I write – there are still so many activities in the pipeline to which I want to introduce our Blog ‘followers’. The
aim is to give you an idea as to what to expect, whilst introducing first-time
visitors to the very wide variety of activities that you will find in the lee
of the beautiful hills, on <b>September 28th and 29th</b>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It’s a Show for all the family, and a
celebration particularly of HARVEST, in the fruit and vegetable sense. Produce
that has been grown in gardens or on the allotment, reflecting the seasons no
matter what the weather may have been. Lovingly transported to the Showground
and displayed to perfection, it’s always fascinating to overhear onlookers’
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<span lang="EN-US">Such as, “Our …. are better than
that!!), or “Who would want to eat something THAT size?” But that is not the
point. Whether you are looking at the work of amateur or professional growers,
there is always something new to observe and many tips to absorb.
Scientifically proven or ‘old wives tale’ matters not, you cannot fail to be
impressed. This year the <b>‘UK National Giant Vegetable Championships’</b> are being
held in the Harvest Pavilion – a ‘first’ for Malvern, as the competition moves
to the Three Counties from Somerset. “It really is the battle of the beans, the
meeting of the marrows and the conflict of the cabbages, and there’s a
friendly, but serious rivalry amongst growers who sweat blood to produce the
largest legume and keep their growing secrets close to their chest!”</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Not the biggest of pumpkins; see right for a larger one</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">It’s the time of year, or will be,
when Pumpkins are much in evidence, and word has it that this year there is to
be a <b>‘Pumpkin Factory’</b> on the Showground. Quite what and where will follow in a
later post, but rest assured, these flamboyant vegetables will be much in
evidence, large and small, plain and striped.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A bit of fun - and not part of the Trug competition </i><br />
<i>but in fact a very clever edible Show Garden</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">One of the beauties of the Malvern
Autumn Show is that there are plenty of opportunities for amateurs to compete
and display. Which is one reason that visitors will love the <b>National Trug
Championships</b>, or to give it its full title the National Trug OF VEGETABLES
Championship, which this year is being sponsored by Haygrove. And a bit of
insider information from previous winner & Trug Championship event
organizer, Mike Smith, who grows all his Championship winning vegetables under
a Haygrove Garden Tunnel. Mike says <i>“I have been growing vegetables for
showing for only 4 years, for the first 3 years using a small 6?8 glasshouse.
After months of deliberation I decided on the use of a new tunnel."</i> (Tip for
competitors in local village shows; a tunnel clearly gives you a head start.)
This year, there is to be a trug class especially for children.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>If you want to keep chickens, you'll need a house and run</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">There’s also a complete section
devoted to <b>'The World of Animals’</b>, amongst which features productive chickens
and ducks. The Poultry Marquee is home for the weekend to many breeds of
domestic hens and waterfowl (geese, too). Chickens provide a regular supply of
eggs and will consume meat scraps and surplus green vegetables, as well as many
weeds. A large run is not necessary for a few fowl and keeping hens is a good
introduction in creature care for children. And the eggs are useful, too.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cuddling a cavy</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">Taking up less time than chickens to
look after are rabbits and cavies – another reason to visit the World of
Animals area with the family, with opportunities to talk to experts for advice,
and the chance of cuddling a cavy <i>(NB Sunday only)</i>. There’s an opportunity to
buy rabbits and cavies whilst at the Show, but please be aware that ALL
creatures are not just for birthdays or Christmas but require regular, daily ROUTINE
care and attention for them to survive and thrive.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We still have much to tell you about;
more will of course follow in future weekly posts as the details unfold. In the
meantime, you may also enjoy the <b>Moon Phase</b> addition to the Blog (lower right
hand-side). Although ‘gardening by the phase of the moon’ has its followers,
the phases do also affect the weather, and that is vital for all gardeners.</span></div>
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